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Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy S6

Price Comparison (India)

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2013 March 2015
Status
Available - November 2013 Available - April 2015
Price
- Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Space Gray, Silver White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight
469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE- all models LTE
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.58% 70.66%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] Mali-T760 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64/128 GB storage 32/64/128 GB
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS [Similar]
Flash
No LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64/128 GB storage 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
- 2550 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) -
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